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FItIDAY, JULY 6, .1880.
A DEDICATORY SERVICE.
Uwe. Consee aeon 1n tau It. O. Ctiurob.-
11ouueut Dlsoourses. by Rev. ]father
MaXeon. •
es:+awwMrti-s' I.1r
was quoted to show; this, The priest
acts as God's - agent or iustrttmeut.
The next objection was. the "Confes-
sional." It was absurd to Ray that
confes$in • or doing penance was an
indueeMellt to sin Forgiveness was
only granted where sorrow was mani-
fested and promises to do better
given. The "Con£essi•tnal" wile a
restraint from sin, To confess is a
human characteristic ---the priests and
bishops confess. We aro nowhere told
in Scripture to corrfess to God. Man
is not lit to go into His presence. Tim
apostles and early ohristians Confessed.
The next objection was 'tDevotion to
the Virgin. Mary." Catholics adore
none but Goa. They honor the virgin
end'saints. Catholics honor the Vir-
gin Mary because slie was the mother
of Christ and Christ was (Sod. She
was espeeially'`lionored by -Christ, The
next objeetlor, was "Iudulgonces,"
These were retx,issions of punishment,
never permissions to commit sin. This
power was given to Peter and his
1 unbroken line of successors. The
of numerous representatives from all1next objection was "Purgatory."
the Protestant churches of. town is t'assages of scripture were quoted to
sufficient evidence that a greater establish • this doctrine. Nothing
liberality Characterizes the Christianity impure eau enter heaven. None are
of today than that of any former age pure or spotless here, hence none could
and that people can honestly differ on enter heaven. It is right to pray for
:many theological points without inter- thodead, as well as the 'living, as the
ference, resentment or disturbance of soul never dies. The next objection
soeial harmony. Musics •of au enter= is " the Seven Saorarneuts"—+baptism,
"'taaning, appropriate and elevating confirmation, the Eucharist, penance,
character was furnished by the Ash- holy orders, matrimony, extreme nuc
field choir, under the most efficient tion. These were defended. The
'leadership of Father Boubat, of that next was the Celibacy of the priests.
parish. Miss Lardy officiated ably at They were following the example of
the instrument, The rev, gentlemanis Christ and St. Paul. They were con -
said to be one of the most competent secreted to Christ's service and could
and enthusiastic musicians in the west. the more readily go to any part of the
Father McGee, parish priest, then world. The next objection .as "Latin
celebrated Mozarts 1st mans and prayers." Latin was a pure language,
solemnly dedicated the new altar to : a perfect language. It led to a corn=
its sacred use. - mon unity: Catholic priests could go
The altar is a neat and attractive the world over, meet and understand
nen, having been prepared and placed one another. The people all had the
by Mr. Itosenblatt, of St. Clemens, prayers in English as well as Latin.
Waterloo county. There is a pleasing The next objection was the use of
chastity and simplicity about the c°Iwages." An . image was a likeness
design and what appertains thereto. and never adored. An idol was a
The entire surroundings have been false god. Images wore personal
reiuodelled and beautified. The'body representations, as were photographs,
of`the• building was tastefully decor• or as a mace represented sovereignty.
ated with evergreens. - We honor and venerate but don't
. tev.Fatlier McKeon then preached ' adore images ,• fust the. same 'as we
an iuterestine discourse explanatory of keep a picture to show respect to a
the purpose of the altar and the nature mother or child. They were sanctioned
of sacrifice as offered in. the Catholicand ,commended ire . scripture. The
Cliurca, Predictions and their fulfil- next objection was ;the " Real .l'res-
inent in regard to Christ, were .dwelt enee.f, The church is •.God's ,house
on, as well as His earthly mission and , and he dwells in it especially, immen-
the institution of a continuous. sacrifice ''sity`being .au itttribute,of (Sod outside
1,brougb the instrensentali.tiesof priests. hia church. The last objection was
The arguments set forth and scripture
etatious given cannot well be sum -
satirized r s to convey a proper concep-
tion of what was said and consequently
_We frlrbear an attempt at condensation.
No doubt many prevalent but erron-
eous impressions as to the Catholic
teaching were removed by the frank,
and forcible sermon of Dr. Mc eon.
lie rebutted the charge that Catholics
adore the Virgin Mary or saints,
explained the signifioance of priestly
j.0 ments, and their get u'lections in
sects of sacrifice, the especial sacred.
moss of the Church where God dwells On Saturday, a large and influential,
in an especial manner, the reason for meeting, under the auspices of .the
the use of one language, &c, There local Grange, was held et Fordwiohe
was in the discourse many passages of Mr. Peter Hepin5tal, Chafrrnan, open -
thrilling eloquuence and power. ed the ,proceedings with en excellent
The church was well filled again in speech. The place of - meeting Was
the evening. Rev. Father Corcoran, crowded, and -the utmost order and
of Teeswater, . was present, ;and attention manifested. .1,1Ir. Drum -
}sang the vespers. After the mond acted as rS'eeretary. Lr, Crlen-.
e've�; ug vespers, Rev. Fattier McKeon dinning, Secretary of the Dominion
tqok ftp and dealt .with some of the Grange, addressed the. audience with
standard objections to the teachings reference toGrangsi ratters. ;He
'o the c( atholits Church. He claimed sketched the ineeptioit. of the Grange
that all its. doctrines were in harmony movement,. dnd showed the. great .118e
yyjth the a:evealed av,ill ,of God as x it bad been to the fanning; caom, nunity.
piressed in Scripture. The first objec- Among .other items , he took strong
tion he dealt with was the one .that ground that Granges, rather than
Catbodics wee the enemies. of an open bury themselves with, buying goods.
bible. On the contrary, he argued cheaply,whioh could bewail instanea
that they were the preserves* of it be furnished for fiber: to nearly as
and translators in the middle ages good advantage by the local store -
stud they encouraged and court needed beepers, should endptivoi; to. aid the
its reading, but Slid not allow alk to farming coinmtinityt in matters of
become interpreters. The civil laws legislation,. in which. direction, he
were interpreted by judges, This cited var:ious instances to prove, they
error of private iuterpretatiou 1Qr1, to, had been, very powerful; also in mat -
the splitting up of Christian, bodies Ora of aocial improvement, and in all
into fragments, The second ohj.ection affairs of advancement in farming
was "the Pope's supremacy." Christ 'inetbods; and in the many subjects of
was the invisible and the Pope the practical interest in • the agricultural
Visible head of" the Church, 'All civil life, He showed plainly that the
or religious institutions must have a Grange meetings, taking place as they
head—a train a conductor, a strip a did over the whole country, furnished
aptaie, a state a ruler. He argued bpportunitieie for.farmers to meet and
the appoiatinent of Peteras first Pope discuss advantageously, in aquietway
by Christ. The nest objection was neighbors with neighbors, the various
' • Holy water." `'Vater is a principle points on which benefit could be ob.
of fife, and its use was scripturally tarred by mutual oonsideretion, in a
explained,the speaker quoting passages manner which larger meeting, held at
to e.etablish tris contention Water central points,. and addressed by pro•
used in baptism was holy water, as nrinent speaker:;, could Clever afford.
as that on a table on which a The absorbing of their efforts in goods
blasting had been invoked. , The next buying, he considered, had in many
c,bjeetiou was t'Ooniessien." Power cases made them enemies am,ng the
to forgive sin comes from (}:,d, but hex regular tradesrnen of the neighbor -
bean advert to bis servants in hie name. hood, and had aliso had the effect of
(led weld give this power. tie should gia•i:n,g thein inferior men ass managers,
etes rs, li gine ,ft. Scripture as burry and influential farmers, What*
;The utilization of the utmost seating
'ity iu the Church of the Sacred
Art on Sunday morning war IlAttl a-
citnt to aceummedate the audience
that assembled towitnessthealtar deal -
cation, listen to the splendidly solemn
music ata:( hear the discourse of Father
McI ou,whose reputation for earnest
and eloquent exposition did much to
ettr act the large 'gathering present,
NV 1hettev er may be 'uttered or written
froth time to time calculated to revive
•secterian animosity, incite religious
!liostiiity ar prejudice those possessed
'u£ the spirit of toleration. the presence
"the Infallibility of the Pope." The :
Pope was only infallible in deciding
spiritual or Biblical questions. A
fallible Church is full of doubt and
hence can't have faith, and thus are
unable to please God. The speaker
finished with a grand five minutes'
peroration on theglory, stability and
achievements of the Church.
Fordwich.
A GaitlEGE1iS' DS ETIti .
I'N
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aid in other matters• would have been !far advanced in years appeared to
most valuable, could not be induced care little for the past but seemed to
to spend so ranch of their time in be entirely absorbed in the present
,Grange business AB the buying and (company) with no doubt a hopeful
distribution of a multiplicity of goods eye on the future. 111r W J Chape
would demand. A vote 01 thanks was man took a keen interest in the
rinatun►eusly passed. . younger boys and girls entering into
Mr,l:?hipps, the well-known Forestry their games and pastimes with a
Commissioner of the Ontario Govern. 'heartiness and zest which showed
ment, next delivered a powerful and plainly that. he had been a boy blur.
instructive speech in the interest of s31f once and a very lively titre at that
forestry. He pointed out the great and what was still butter that it was
need, in the position in which urost 1 not So long ago as to cause 11101 to
sections of Ontario now found theme 'forget all about it, Altogether the
selves, of moving at once in the direc• day ryas very p`basantly spent and all
tion of preserving portions of forest . were unanimous that for downright
yet standing, and creating nWnerours - healthful recreation and enjoyment
windbreaks and plantations all ovel' despite the rain which so often fortes
the country. Mt'. Pliipps gave many one enlivening feature of a gatheiug
instances, froth European, 'Asiatic( and `of this kind, that nothing else is so
American experience, of . the fatal 'good as a ,pieaie and not 'doubt in
results to agriculture from allowing their hearts they thanked the fathers
the forest resources of the country to' of confederation or whoever had the
decay, and the general dectulenee at arranging. of it that the British 'North
national streugth and wealth which Amerman Aot did not come into force
had always followed. Mr. Puipp3 iu January instead of July.
dwelt on the fact that while forests
did not in all cases change the am ,nut I,arlgside,
•
of rainfall, they certainly distributed The majority of the citizens cele-
did
it most advautageeously. Where they brated the 1st iu Kincardine.—Our
had been destroyer he said, rain fell atheletes wou several prizes on the
in torrents antt'steddeuly, and Massed 1st. -111r. Iter Uzell is not enjoying
rapidly over time lened, washing away
the good . soil :into the rivers ; but
where they whdre they were left in
means of enjoyment which w well
sustained through tut the dray wi.ig.
tug, Croquet, tennis, games tier. sis well
hopeful
the best of health at. ptoseiit, Mr.
Jackson Tiffin is' also on the sick lint.
—Mrs. 1'1'm:. ,TUBA is visiting her
proper proportion, they kept up the friends in Essex. ---pee of our lady
genial circulation of moisture which drivers.was in rather a dangerous
gave. frequent and fertilising showers predicament last week, While driv-
in the seasons when they were of most ills along the road, a brute of the
use.. Speeches were also delivered on
different topics by Messrs. W. Quin-
nell,: T. Walker and others. .
e a
eeite
•Tie rn,»errp.
• Miss Maggie Anaersbn, of con. 1, the Lord's supper was dispensed
is visiting friends at Dungannon.— on Sunday morning last in the Pres -
Mrs. T. Henderson, of the -Boundary, byterian °hutch. Rev. Mr. Sather -
who has been in indifferent' health for.i lane(, of Ripley, preached a very
effective sermon to the young people
in the evening. He will also lecture
on the Jesuit question on 111opday
evening next in the same place.—Rev.
Mn Cockburn, of Gorrie, occupied the
pulpit in the Methodist church on
Sunday last. He will also lecture on
the Jesuit question on Tuesday even-
ing at 7.30 p, w.
Teeswater.
Extensive • preparations are going
ori for a picnic to be held on Wednes-
day Jnly, 10th,. at Teeswater, under
canine race frightened the pony so
that it turned the vehicle over three
times, but happily before the revulu•
tion took place she succeeded in jump-
ing out,escaping without receiving
serious injury. --Tho Sacrament of
some time, spent serine` time with
friends at Goderiel,y Mr. Henderson
went up on Saturday and both return-
ed on Monday.Mrs.' Henderson's
health is improving.—Nr, 3. Porter
returned from his visit to the North.
west a few days ago.,Ho says the
dry weather was teling seriously•
against the crop prospects.—Mrs.
George Moffat, of the B line, contin-
ues in very indifferent health, amp-
; totes of dropsy being matiifested.--A
grand union picnic will be- held near
?aches on Saturday.. The Schools
tarlght by Miss Weir, Miss Poster and the auspices of_ the members of the
Mr. G. LIacltwell are, to take part.---' C. M. B. A , in aid of the Catholic
Mr. J. .Campbell—better known • ars March. - Judging from the exertions
Mountain Campbell, -of Wellesley, they are making as well as from- the
attractive programme we have no doubt
they will make it a complete success..
These picnics have come to be year
after year a delightft,l source of
pleasure and are anxiously looked
forward to, especially by the young
,people. Together with the usual
games and athletic sports a prize for
the bestequipred young lady on horse
back is an additional attraction. The
following have been invited, some. of
whom have already signified their
•intention of being, present 11tr Oar-
- P.,, H. P, O'Connor,. h1. P: P.,
Peter Corrigan,Holyrood e A B Klein,
Thos 0 -Hagan, M. A., Mr McNa-
mara, Walkerton;; Mr Flanagan, Wing -
ham. Booths will be erected where
all kinds of light, drinks, ice cream,
strawberries, san_dwiohes, oranges and
lemons will be distributed. Dinner
served from ii.ao to 2.30, teat 5 p.
in. Ail are heartily invited and no
pains will be spared to make guests
happy. W. Zinger, Pres. ; H. Gillis,
Sec. ; J.: J. Corcoran, - Treas.—The
Dominion Day celebration was pretty
well attended and the programme was
satisfactorily carried out till the rain
.in the afternoon. The prizes as far as
given were as follows ; Local trot ---A
Hamilton, Whitechnech, ` first; J
Johnson, Blnovale, sscti.ld ; T Agnew,
WI -Ingham, third ; Geo Butcher, Tee&
Water, fourth. The third and fourth
florses claim first and' second money
on protest, Open run -Beattie Zeros'
Topsy B, first ; Bothwell's Minnie
Scott second ; Ball's Mary Ann third.
Three year tilt colt race ---E Living -
stone's 'first, John 'Barris' second.
Lower Wingham.
111re Cowan and tuuii,y from, Fort
G•ratiot, Mich, aro the guests of, l+Zl
M�Jlullcn this week---Zl,oa l work was
finished here last ;ePlt and wa can
'mast of a gravel rise a/ell •riglebfrom,
town., something that wee needed,
We sloppier, all that is needed now hi
plenty of travel.to harden it down to.
make good, walkipg =.- Strawberries
are beginning to conn in plentifully,
Zloty will be ebuut the only fruit this..
year, ,ironed baro.•• ---,:t urge number
of upper town psoele favored ns with
their pi's -i t Ga. li many. Char
pretty Sits aced charming eh.ules were.
takeu p.-essien of by in•'e.tbers of
the Prr•shytorian Chattel' Sebbath
few short houis.in the days of "Auld school tt'ti.utlers and frielzde anti they
Lang Syne',' Cale others not Tito so ! proceeded at.oncc' to their diversil'.d.
con. 5, hosbeen on a visit to his on,
P. Campbell, of (i-lenfarrow, and his
son in-law Me. p. McLaren, for some
time. 1\-Ir.Oarpbell is one of the solid
pioneers of Wollesley,Waterloo county
in fact—a,. maa widely known and of
sterling worth as well as extelided
,knowledge 'brained by reading and
observation. As a dealer in Durham
cattle, Costwold sheep and splendid
horses his name has gone far beyond
his oivn.county limits,. he being for
years,a heavy prizeta,ber at all the
shows. lie has one of the best kept
and systematically worked farmer in
Wellesley,—Full, arrangements have
been made for.the union. school picnic
to be held in Eadie's and 'Hutton's
woods on Saturday • Jelly 6th. lu
addition to the usual sportsthere will
be addresses by Dr. Chisholm, and.
Others and: A short programme of
music.-- Master Tommy the seven
year old eon of Mr. John; Robinson
of the 8th concession when returning,
from school Wednesday afternoon' had
the .misforcuue while playing with
some of th' other boys to, get his ern)
broken, Tommy was clear grit how-
ever and though the pain was . intense
he never gave a groan or shed a tear
but trudged .;off home quite good
naturedly . and afterward 'rode to
Wingha►n where Dr Chisholm set the
bone. He say3 it is a little sore but
he thinks he will be. able to go to the
picnic on Saturday all right.—Brick
making commenced at Elliott ' Bros.
brickyard the last of,,, last week. --Mr
and Mrs Hall of Ingersoll spent .Stan
day and the first visiting with Mr b'
Lewis and family. --Mr Frank • Lewis
Jr is suffering from an attack of ., rho.
matt m, We hope to • see hien well
again soon as he is too active temper-
rnent to gracefully submit to that aort
of thing longe—The Baptist picnie
held iu Mr Wade's woods on the lst
July was a splendid success.
companyend
present was of fair size an
very sociable. After a sumptuous
repast had been partaken of,, groypa
were sooir seattei;ect here anti: there
some ab the swings ;, others, with
muarlets, halls and wires,wen searching
the grounds far a spot .not quite. so
uneven as the nest where they could
enjoy a social game of croquet, the
older people got together and with
many a story, remiuisoenue lived for a
the p'ovisiiel' dt,pemaiuga, Yoe
understand it was ett;,ioeered c•xetusi.
vely by ladies and was it tribute to
their managing ability. •
Bz'ussela,
A recent .ieeue of the Il amiltutr
(Scotland) A.lt.•rti,,er sqs: 1 ev, (1.
Brencli Bowie, nevi: AS it blind student
from the L.+haion AU Now College,'
Edinburgh, becun;e widely known in
Ssotiore:1, seems to he sucei'e•Iwg aa-
rnirably as a pastor in Canaclii, Flt
the anniversary of his ordination at
Brussels, Ontario, on the 6th instant,
the chairman said that When he first
heard of 111r .tlowie's coining t.1
Brussels be thought it would be per.
fectlyimpossible for him to (woo•uplisl;
the work of s p:tator on a,:oeunt of
his want of sight ; but now he wee
fully persuecled of blr.Howiet's efllt:ie,.-
cy, not only iu the pulpit, bin in every
other branch of servi'e. Dr, ;\ echo(
of 11rautfurd, b pro aituilar tt sticrlony.
Town Comeau Meting.
The council amt fe,r the regular
meetiug on Manila), evening when an
adjournment was made till Tuestlrey
when there were praseht the mayor
and Messrs. Gregory, Williame,
Holmes, L roulteust,ire, Anderson,.
Cline, Sparltne, ' Smythe Hum ltu,
Neelannds, and dill. A cominu. ice.
tion was read from Mr W. Gordon,
ex -mayor of Stratford, asking for' iu-
forunttiou as to intentions re lighting
streets by electricity or gas work:,, aa
he has iu view tendering fur the same:
peraoual'-y or through a company.
On unutiunof I11e,sra. 1Vtlliams and
- regory the matter of can'lmunica
ting with Mr. Gordon anent the light-
ing of the town was heft to the mayor'
and clerk. The Finance Cote -mitten.
reported payment of the fillflwitng
accounts: T. Moore, constable on the
24th May, $1.50 ; Tt,. Dreaver, rake,
$1 ; J. W. Inglis, repairs to water -
cart, ,$2.75 ; Post oiiiee, $2 ; RowselL
& Hutchison, manual, -$7 16 ; F..
Hngher, moving ttnik, i2 50; P.
Deans, charity orders, $1.30 ; R.
Elliott, printing, $5.25.; Chas.Barbor,:
work, $42.63 ; G. . Hughes, do„
$17.88 ;, Jas.. McManus, work, $46.-
50 ; Win. Moore, work, $12.52 ;
Geo. Pettypiece, material for water
works, $1.35; Geo. Bisbee, work,
$10.64 ; Mr. Lindsay, work, $5.01;
J. Flnety, printing, $1 25; J. 13.
Fel-lemon, salary,$75 ; G. Pettypiece,
salary, $106 23 ; J. Dickson, salary,
$18,75; Jos.Coad, ringing bell $.18 75
13 Willson,. rent offlue, $9 ; J. H -
Stephenson, repairs, $8 45 ; J, A.
Cline & Co, supplies, $11.58. .Nlxcep•
tion. having been taken to the
payment of an account of $11,58
to Messrs. J. A. Cline & Co.
on: the ground that the 'members
of this firm are members of this
council, the matter was die,
cussed at some length and.ihe account
was declared passed op the following
vote : Yeas, Reeve, NeeIands, Agnew;.
lifll Bornuth, Smyth, Holmes, Ander-
son; Nays, Williams, Brockeeshire,.
Spiteliug. On motion, - of 'Messrs.. •
Neelands and Williams, By-law No..
161 to make financial • provisiona
for funds wherewith tes erect a new
town hall was read u flrit and second:
time. Moved by,- - Mr.. Sparling,,
seconded by Mr. • Clinethat this by-
law be published, -in the- TIMEs and
eadranee. The matter of the finial ar-
rangement was left to.the loan to Bell's
furniturefaotory to the executive cem-
mittee. e Mr. Cline then explained a
hall plain which he had outlined after
some outside investigation and
consideration. The proposed building,.
was .90 feet by 50 and three Stories..
high with a front pediment 10 feet.
by 22 on the main street. The
first flat would be for routing,,,
the second for various municipal,
offices and the third: an auditorium;.
the entire size of. the- building. A,
committee consistiu ;,of. Messrs. Me.
Indoo; Gregory, Brookenehire, Smyth. •
and Cline was appointed to have
plans and specifications prepared;,
and submitted. The question of seenr-
ing a poundkeeper was then discussed. '
with acme eclat and 'a diversity' of.
views,was indicated. It was agreed.
to. appoint Mr. George Ru-sel as,
noundlteeper, the fee to be 50 cents
for each animal impounded.. Council„
adjourzted. '
Gorrie,
At 'Wroxeter on July lst the Union
of, Gorrie and Wroxeter defeated the
Owen Sound. team at base ball by a
score of, 20,to 6, ---The Volunteers re-
ceived a grand reception on their
return from camp: A supper was
given them in ,the town hall and on
Sunday morning they proceeded in a
body to the Methodist church, after.
which they were invited by atajor;
Raine to his residence for dittlter.,
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